A pack-horse carrying bribes is sent by Robert Walpole from Westminster to Edinburgh. Etching by Charles Mosley, 1740.

  • Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770.
Date:
September 13 1740
Reference:
576280i
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In the right foreground is the Exchequer, London, in front of which stands Sir Robert Walpole who gives a paper to a gentleman loaded with bags of money. A pack-horse, loaded with Exchequer tallies, scrolls, rods and bags of money, stands feeding to the left with two attendants A winding road leads up to Edinburgh Castle, where a devil appears astride a broomstick. Another devil on a broomstick appears in the sky to the right, directed by a wizard. Further down the path to the left stands a man holding a picture which represents the appearance of the angel to Balaam's ass; the angel holds a scroll inscribed 'The Duke of Argyl speech'. The print refers to Walpole's doubts about the Duke of Argyll's ability to influence the Scots

Publication/Creation

[London (Angel and Crown near St. Brides-Lane, Fleet St)], September 13 1740.

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 29.4 x 36.3 cm

Lettering

The state pack-horse

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, Vol III, London 1978, no. 2420.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 576280i

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